Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-14
THE WOOL TARIFF.
Continued from First Page.

continued rom FI'SC rage.
to the passage of laws 10 nGllt Gne sup
preston CT the suffrage OF election 10
state offices apd give u free sGf:age for
national Offices"
| Mr.. Chandler said MS measure did not
cover Presidential elec OTIS, tecause tee
constitution gave 20 authority fer IL. be
expressed the belief that the bill, or 8
similar one, will pass the Senate.
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.
Special to the Gazette.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. Is Judge Cotton
| CT rtXks Called on Thc President to-day
| with Congressman LaEaam.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Specisl TO tie Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ls-rha following
Texas pensions were issued to-day:
A. A. Tomlin5Cp, Austin; S. II: Tallant,
| Illinois Bend.
SPRINGFIELD ARMOSY EXPENDITURES.
WASHINGTON, d c., Dec. Is "A state
ment from tue Secretary OF "ar was to-
day laid before the House, exhibiting the
| expenditures - tie Springfield armory
snd the arms ard APPENDICES fabricated
and r9psired during the last fiscal year.
| The statement shows there WAS expended
| in the work S4S7, GOO the principal item
| fscture of arms, for which purpose only
$40 7O7 WAS expanded during the proceed
| ing fiscal year.
FAULKNER-LUCAS CONTEST.
| WASHINGTON, Dc. 13.-rne Senate
committee on privileges and elections
held & meetlng this morning 10 consider
the FaulknerLTcas contested election
case from West Virginia. Mr.. Lucas ad-
dressed the committee. The committee
took 8 recess ct II O'Clock. Faulkner
will be heard this afternoon.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. IS Information
nas been received eI the General Lsad
Office that the United States grand jury
| in Montana hss found 81 indictment
against j. 7. Oaks, j. NJ. Buckley, L. L.
Bonner, 4. L. Hammond, snd l.. q.
Hathaway for unlawtully taking timber
from the public lands Ct the United
States, ard shipping same out Of the ter
ritorY. Oaks is vice-presideEt sad gen.
eral manager OF the Northern P=cifc
Railway Buckley is assistant general
Manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Bonner is timber agent c! the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Hammond is timber
agent of tie Jrthern Pacific Railroad and
general manager of ice Montana Improve
ment Company. Hathaway Is assistant
general msnager Of the MCntaus Improve
nent Company. These !nc ictmeuts are
understood To De connected with the pro
csedings pending agaias! the Northern
Paclfic R>ilrosd company and tna M
proyement Company, lnyClvii 9 trcSpasSes
, uoon public Iimoer TO the amount OF
J about 81 0 COO.
: PREeIDENTIAI. NOMINATIONS.
! WASHINGTON, D. c., DEC. i5.-Ine
} following nominations were sent TO the
Senate to-day: TO be envoy exira07cl-
nary aoG minister plenipotentiary OF the
United STATES: Oscar S. Mel Cf New York,
: TO Turkey; Alex r. Lawton of Georgia,
to Austria-Hungary; RayIeEs w. HaunR
! OF indiana, u the Argentine Republic.
Minister resident aDd consul general Of
J the Ugi,ed States: s. S. Carlisle CT
Louisiana, to Bolivia.
( Consul general OF the United States:
, Jared Lawrence OF Rath2one, Cal, g.
Paris.
Secretary Of legasion and consul gea-
j eral Of the United States: John G. Walk
: er Of Tt Xas, at BogCta.
t G. Brown Goode, commissioner Of fsh
t and fisheries.
IL A number of minor consular nomina-
) tons accompanied these.
James T. Benedict, collector Of internal
/ revenue for the district of Colorado.
+ AsUGAR PATENT GRANTED.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 la response to
a resolution Of inquiry the Commissioner
!. of Agriculture to-day Gent letter to the
=. Senate stsIi1g that q patent had been
: granted to Professor SWinson for sn i'm
proyement in diffusion process in max
4 ing sugar, which Improvement, the Com
D missioner believes, WAS discovered by
B. Professor STinson while in the govern
5 ment employ while making experiments
I with the peoples money for the ben
j eft OF the pacple. Re protested to
: the Commissioner of Patents against
4 the granting Of the patent, but was il
g formed that the patent had been already
g granted. The Commissioner further says
e he hiss suggested 70 the Attorney. General
} that suit be Instituted to perDetuslly en-
: join Professor RinsCn from making use
| Of his patent.
: POsTMAsTgRs' CONVENTION.
2 WASHINGTON. Dec. IS the second
8 national convention of third and fourth
g class postmasters of the United States
I met here this morning. About
$50 postmasters were present represent
= ing twenty-three states. Permanent
organization was effected oy the election
; Of the following officers: Chairman,
' Hon. Robert Wight. Michigan Secretary,
! Thomas G. Brady, West Virgiuia; Assist
e ant Secretaries j S. HIz1g, OaiO, and T.
, A. Winchell, Iowa. a vice-president was
e elected from each stete represented. One
} of the principal iobjec:s OF the con-
E. yeption is to obtain the passage of bill
e by Congress Increasing snd equalizing,
D upon basis Of the work performed, the
t compensation of third and fourth class
s postmasters.
In Cdina the rule of the road is to keep
{ to the LEFT, but the c0olie bearers can't
no tsunht 70 mind fbara fro